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Title
Oakland residence of F. M. Smith, showing the observation tower, ca.1910
Creator
Rieder, M
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1910
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California
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Description
Photograph of an exterior view of the observation tower of the F. M. Smith residence in Oakland, ca.1910. A small driveway in the center foreground leads to the manicured yard where the tall observation tour stands. Various trees hang over from either side of the tower. The base has a brick archway while stairs climb the wooden tower above. The stairs reach the shaded walkway near the dome top.
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w
20 x 25 cm.
photographic prints
photographs
Identifier
chs-m6862
USC-0-1-1-6977 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-45064
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m6862
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-45064.jpg
Subject
Alameda County--Oakland--Architecture--Domestic
Architecture, Domestic
Dwellings
Smith, F. M
Residential sites
Time Period
circa 1910
Place
Alameda
California
Oakland
USA
Source
45064 [Accession number]
CHS-45064 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
unidentified no: 4446 [Identifying number]

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